Trendspotting at Treasure Island Music Festival

What makes Treasure Island okay, they say, is all the preperation for water issues that's already been baked into project plans.

The island will be surrounded by a dike that will double as a waterfront trail ("Treasure Trail," anyone?).

Treasure Island Erupts in Flame, Music, Light

The settling dirt from the fake island will be packed and stabilized, and the "town center" will also be built higher than San Francisco's current sea wall, not to mention 300 feet inland. And finally, according to Michael Cohen, Gavin's front-office man on this, "It's all supported by revenue the project generates."